Coronavirus Spread Accelerates

The (unbelievably bad) News:

As New York City prepares to lock down to attempt to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus which causes the new disease known as covid-19, cities throughout the United States are adopting various levels of precautionary measures.

The coronavirus reportedly can last up to three hours in the air after a cough or a sneeze, raising new worries about the spread of the contagion. One sick person could infect an entire class during a single lecture. A grocery store could infect hundreds of people during an ordinary business day. And don’t even get me started about adult establishments like nightclubs or strip clubs. The virus will flow through these like a wildfire.

Unfortunately, as I’ve repeatedly said, the US Government has been abysmally slow to respond to this situation. It is so bad that the US is the example that European nations are pointing to in order to emphasize to citizens abroad that it is imperative to return home immediately.

Our hospital workers do not have the protective equipment they need to avoid contracting the disease via airborne spread, and as a result the US is now likely to have compounded its shortage of ventilators by adding to the mix a shortage of medical personnel who will need to rotate out to quarantine as they begin to fall ill.

But what is the disease? Everyone seems to think it’s related to the flu. And it is, like the flu, an RNA virus. But that’s about where the relationship…